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Update to Primary Election Post

1/7/2017

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In a recent post titled "Primary Election in Richfield Scheduled" a question was pondered what might happen if a town had to decide to hold a Primary election or not and the impact on their elected officials if a candidate for spring election.

Further investigation found that towns are not held to the same WI state statutes as villages and cities.

Also to the question by Danah Zoulek as to whether or not Rock Brandner had a conflict of interest when voting. Here is the response from the Wisconsin Election Commission to a question in that regard.

"As you noted, Wis. Stat. 8.11(1m) only applies to villages, not towns.  The default under that statute is that there will not be a primary election for village offices, but the village board may vote to hold a primary. There is nothing in the election laws which establishes a conflict of interest if a trustee votes to hold a primary.  The conflict of interest provisions in the Ethics Code are under the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission, so you may contact that office to confirm, but typically those rules prohibit financial self-dealing by elected officials, so I would be surprised if such a vote implicated those statutes."
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Chris Felton
1/7/2017 08:38:17 pm

How will the Village be notifying residents about the primary?

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Marie
1/8/2017 04:52:31 pm

The same way they notify of any election. Newsletter etc.

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Richfield Today
1/8/2017 09:39:43 am

Richfield Today is not part of the government of the Village of Richfield so the best answer is that you contact the village directly at 262-628-2260 and inquire about notifications regarding any future elections.

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